Needle puller attachment for sewing palm



Oct. 31, 1950 w. J. SCHULZ NEEDLE FULLER-ATTACHMENT FOR SEWING PALM Filed June 3, 1946 31 vuc wi om WALTER J. SCHULZ Patented Oct. 31, 1950 NEEDLE FULLER ATTACHMENT FOR SEWING PALM Walter John Schulz, Alameda, Calif.

Application June 3, 1946, Serial No. 674,003 1 Claim. (01. 223-101) (Granted under the act of March 3, 1883, as amended April 30, 1928; 370 0. G. 757) My invention relates broadly to a sewing palm and more particularly to a needle pulling attachment therefor.

Heretofore, in sewing heavy material, such as webbing, canvas and the like, it has been customary to remove the sewing palm from the hand after every stitch to pull the needle through the material by a pair of pliers, or other like tool. With the attachment of the present invention this heretofore time consuming and awkward method has been eliminated, as the needle may be pulled through the material by a simple twist of the wrist without removing the sewing palm.

An object of the invention is to provide a needle pulling attachment for a sewing palm, such as is used by sail makers and sewers of other heavy material.

Another object of the invention is to provide a sewing palm by which a needle may be forced into and pulled through a heavy material without removing the sewing palm from the hand of the sewer.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of the character described that is economical to manufacture and efiicient in operation.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be described more fully hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings in which like reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Fig. 1 is a view showing the manner by which a needle is forced into a piece of heavy material by a sewing palm,

Fig. 2 is a view showing the method by which a needle is gripped by the pulling attachment to draw it through the material,

Fig. 3 is a detailed view of the needle pulling attachment, and

Fig. 4 is a sectional View on the line 4-4 of Fi 3.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 5 indicates a sewing palm of the usual construction and shape that is secured to the hand of a sewer in any desired manner with its sewing pad 6 positioned in front of the palm of the hand. The pad is usually composed of or has inserted in it a hardened center I of metal, or other suitable hard material, and is pressed against the eye end of a needle N to force it through the material being sewn, as shown in Fig. 1. When the needle is forced sufiiciently through the material, it is then gripped by the pulling attachment 8, as shown in Fig. 2, to be pulled through the material to complete the sewing stitch.

The attachment 8 comprises a metal body member having one of its ends bent at substantially right angles to its shank and being substantially rigid with respect thereto. This bent end is provided with a tapered slot 9, the side walls of which provide a wedging or gripping action on the needle when it is positioned in the slot preparatory to drawing it through the material. The member 8 is suitably attached, such as by rivets l I, to a strap l2 encircling the thumb portion [3 of the sewing palm 5. The wall forming the inner limit of the slot 9 is preferably ground to a sharp edge 14 to provide a cutting means, clearly seen in Fig. 4. This is particularly useful and desirable as by it the sewing thread may be quickly and easily out without the necessity of removing the sewing palm from the hand.

In using my invention, the pad of the sewing palm is pushed againstthe eye end of the needle urging it through the material, and when it has been forced sufficiently therethrough, the needle is engaged in the slotted end of the pulling attachment. A slight twist of the wrist will cause the side walls of the slot to firmly grip the needle, and it can be easily pulled through the material being sewn.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a compact device particularly useful in the art of sail making, or the sewing of heavy materials, such as webbing and the like, and one which eliminates many of the disadvantages heretofore experienced in the art of sewing such materials.

It will be understood that the above description and accompanying drawings comprehend only the general and preferred embodiment of my invention and that various changes in details of construction, proportion and arrangement of parts may be made within the scope of the appended claims and without sacrificing any of the advantages of my invention.

This invention described herein may be manufactured and used by or for the Government of the United States for governmental purposes without the payment to me of any royalty thereon.

What I claim is:

In combination with a sewing palm having a thumb portion and a strap encircling said thumb portion adjacent the base thereof, a needle pulling attachment comprising a body member se cured by rivets or the like to the strap at the base of the thumb portion of the sewing palm, said body member having a free end portion extending laterally of the said body member and 3 4 outwardly of said thumb portion of the sewing UNITED STATES PATENTS palm adjacent the base of said thumb portion Number Name Date and being substantially rigid with respect to said 967 960 Ohman Aug 23 1910 body member, and a needle gripping means car- 9931709 ohman May 1911 ried by said laterally extending substantially 5 1,082:542 Manson 1913 rigid free end portion, said needle gripping means 2,415,957 Mccormack Feb. 18, 1942 comprising a tapered slot extending transversely of said laterally extending rigid end portion, said FOREIGN PATENTS tapered slot having its larger end opening at the Number Country Date thumb base side of said end portion. 89,070 Switzerland Apr. 16, 1921 WALTER JOHN SCHULZ. 385,185 Great Britain Dec. 22, 1932 REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the 15 file of this patent: 

